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Gottfried Richter

After study at the Universities of Heidelberg and Jena, Gottfried Richter (1901-1980) served as a priest in the Christian Community in Breslau before World War II and then for the congregation in Ulm from 1945 until his death. He was also a talented musician and a religion teacher in the Ulm Waldorf School. In addition to Art and Human Consciousness and The Isenheim Altar: Suffering and Salvation in the Art of Grunewald, he is the author of books on Goethe’s Faust, Chartres Cathedral, Romanesque art in Burgundy, plus numerous articles on art, religion, and literature.